Ya, things are going slow. I was wanting to put the engine in today but my Probe broke yesterday and I allmost burnt it to the ground. Since thats my daily driver right now I have to work on it. I just need to finish cleaning and painting the valve cover and get the flywheel turned and the engine is ready to go in, that was yesterdays projects before the Probe broke. When a have time I will post the pics of the rebuild.

There, now it's a short block. At this point I masked off everything I didn't want paint on and painted the block a High Temp black. I didn't take pics of installling the head but here it is with the valve cover installed.

Be sure to put plenty of oil on your pistons before you install them, I like to dunk them in a container of oil. somehow that pic got lost. Also make sure you torque everything to spec using the proper sequence.

No I just cleaned it good and painted it. The oil pump is new. I didn't know anyting about relief valve spring so thats a no. It is almost ready to put in but I have been working on the Probe so it will pass inspection in Decamber. I don't want to drive the Kia this winter, I have some rust to fix and don't want it to get worse.

Cross your fingers <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />, I'm planning on putting the engine in Sunday and hope to get it fired up over the Thanksgiving holiday. Nothing else has gone on schedule on this build so wish me luck!

I will never set goals again! I was doing great on the Kia engine when I went to install the injectors. The air hoses to the injectors split as I was installing them so I had to order new ones from Kia, they will be in Thursday. I put the engine back in the corner and started on my rear bumper. It's turning out great. I have been taking pics so I will post them when it's done.

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